Smooth-fronted Caiman
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Smooth-fronted Caiman

Paleosuchus trigonatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Cordillera Azul National Park
3 Verified records at Cordillera Azul National Park
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus trigonatus), also known as Schneider's dwarf caiman or Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman, is a crocodilian from South America, where it is native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basins. It is the second-smallest species of the family Alligatoridae, the smallest being Cuvier's dwarf caiman, also from tropical South America and in the same genus. An adult typically grows to around 1.2 to 1.6 m (3.9 to 5.2 ft) in length and weighs between 9 and 20 kg (20 and 44 lb). Exceptionally large males can reach as much as 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length and 36 kg (79 lb) in weight. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Cordillera Azul National Park

Common Caiman
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Common Caiman

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Caiman crocodilus

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Smooth-fronted Caiman at Cordillera Azul National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
20–30%
2 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
3 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
5 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
Insufficient data
6 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
7 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
8 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
9 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
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